Vol. 34, No. 2, 56. Memorials.

Wyoming Bar Journal

2011.

Vol. 34, No. 2, 56.

Memorials

Wyoming Bar JournalIssue: April, 2011MemorialsGam Kevin Keller

Garo Kevin Keller fought a fierce battle with cancer over the last foul years. Kevin passed away February 20, 2011, at the Mof-fitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. He was 54.

Kevin, the third child of George Kenneth and Angel (nee Partoyan) Keller was born and attended grade school and high school in Maumee, Ohio. Kevin put himself through college at the University of Wyoming and Wyoming is where he stayed. He loved wide open spaces, wildlife and ranching and managed to work all of those interests into his professional achievements. After graduating from UW with a degree in accounting, Kevin practiced as a CPA. He also developed and marketed business software. When those challenges weren't enough, he became a certified stock broker and then in 1994, graduated from the University of Wyoming School of Law. He quickly became a very successful defense attorney. That still wasn't enough to keep his restless mind occupied so he set about to buy land and build affordable housing in Cheyenne, Rock Springs, Casper and Gillette. Today his companies are multi-million dollar ventures.

As much as Kevin loved to work, he also loved to play. Avidly interested in cow-boying, in 1995 Kevin and teammates Alan Kirkbride and Rod Warren won both the Reserve Champion Amateur Division at the World Quarterhorse Show and a class in the American Team Penning Championship in Oklahoma City. Kevin would tell you that his favorite horse. Peppy, actually won the event. He loved golf and hunting, especially at the hunting club he belonged to in La-Grange, Wyoming. Kevin grew up playing cards with his family, especially his grandfather. Bop. Thursday night poker games at the Cheyenne Country Club were part of Kevin's weekly routine. Frontier Days was also important to Kevin; he loved working I for many years as a volunteer on the Public Relations Committee.

Kevin gave generously of his time and financial support to the University of Wyoming Athletic Department, the UW School of Law, Cheyenne Frontier Days, the Boys and Girls Club, Toledo YMCA Storer Camps in Napoleon Michigan, the Salvation Army, 4-H and the FFA.

His children, Morgan and Chris Keller and Abby and Maddie Lewis, all of Cheyenne, survive Kevin. Invaluable love and...